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JonBenet psychiatrist murdered by serial killer

He was the first in a string of killings. - by Pippa Nerada
  • 06 Jun 2018

High-profile forensic psychiatrist Dr Steven Pitt has been murdered leaving his office in Arizona, local police report.

Dr Pitt, 59, consulted on high-profile crimes, including the 1996 JonBenet Ramsey murder case and Columbine school massacre, NBC reports.

His death was the first in a string of killings by 56-year-old Dwight Lamon Jones, who shot six people in the Phoenix, Arizona area before killing himself in his hotel room on Monday, The New York Post reports.

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All of Jones’ victims were connected to his divorce case, The Post reports, including two paralegals who worked for the law firm that represented his ex-wife and a divorce counsellor.

Dr Pitt had evaluated Jones’ mental health and testified that he had anxiety and mood disorders, as well as symptoms of a paranoid personality, in 2010.

This article originally appeared on Marie Claire.

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